Tone2 RayBlaster v2.6.0 WiN

RayBlaster unveils a completely new dimension of sounds, impossible with other synths. The revolutionary Impulse Modeling Synthesis is not just a marketing buzzword, but a radically different approach to synthetic sound generation.

Overview

Revolutionary, new synthesis method
Unique signature sound
Over 1100 inspiring sounds created by professional designers
Discover a completely new sonic territory
High-end sound quality
Huge sonic range and high flexibility
Easy to use & fun to play
Powerful sound engine with true stereo architecture
Create distinctive sounds that are impossible to produce with other synthesizers
Quickly catches your audiences' attention and makes your music to stand out from the crowd
Comfortable patch browser and flexible preset management
Modular effect section with 44 effect types
Drag & drop modulation

The update to v2.5 is a major update, which is available for free. It includes exciting new features, enhanced sound quality, 43 additional patches, many enhancements for the user interface and some fixes.
RayBlaster 2.5 is downward compatible with all previous versions. All existing song projects and patches can be loaded without any further steps necessary. They will benefit from the enhanced sound quality.

New features:

'Edit->Create Random Patch' can create an unlimited number of complex and mostly useful sounds automatically.
Tooltips with explanations are shown when the mouse is hovered over a button or control.
The tooltips can be hidden with Help->'Hide tooltips'.
The menus now show check-marks for the currently selected item.
Automatic and dynamic micro-tuning for enhanced chords.
Knobs can be reset to the default value with a double-click.
A hand-symbol is shown for text parameters which can be altered.
Support for the 'natural-scrolling-mousewheel' on the Mac.
Clicking a diode now also changes the LFO waveform on the Mac.
43 additional patches
4 additional waveforms

Tone2 Audio has updates their Impulse-Modeling-Synthesizer RayBlaster to v2.6, a major update, which is available for free.

It includes a big GUI, many new features, higher sound-quality, many enhancements and some fixes.

RayBlaster 2.6 is downward-compatible with all previous versions. All existing song projects and patches can be loaded without any further steps necessary. They will benefit from the enhanced sound-quality.

New features:

A big interface is available beside of the normal scale now.
It is possible to select from 4 GUI sizes in 'Setup'.
The texts shown in the patch-browser on Mac support Hi-DPI drawing.
The plugin detects the best GUI-size automatically.
Added Digital-Signatures for the installers on PC.
Added Notarisation for the installers on Mac.
Support for Code-Signing on the Mac, since new hosts may require it to be able to run plugins.
Compatibility with MacOS Catalina.
Completely new AudioUnit interface.

Enhancements:

More harmonic overall sound.
Enhanced sound of 'Chorus' and 'Ensemble'. They sound smoother and less detuned.
Enhanced sound of 'Delay', 'Delay Band', 'PingPong', 'Multitap', 'Delay Diffuse' and 'Delay Dual'. The echo sounds less detuned.
Higher precision audio-rendering.
Workaround for a well-known bug in Apple's AU-manager: It is not longer necessary to reboot the Mac to detect the plugin.
Some texts on newer OS X-versions were looking ugly.
More contrast for the user-interface.
Removed the ugly reflections of the borders from the GUI.
PC-version is loading faster.
Better compatibility with Windows 10.
Activation-dialogue in also available in German.

New features and enhancements (standalone-version for PC):

Added a recorder that can export your jam-session to a WAV-file.
The BPM-rate can be changed.
Added a soft-clipping-algorithm with low harmonic distortion.
The current patch can be saved on exit and is reloaded automatically on start.
MME-driver support.
Midi-through support with output-routing.
Added MIDI-velocity-curves with multipoint-splines.
Optional MIDI-transposition with up to +-48 semitones.
Optional MIDI-channel-filtering.
The current BPM-rate, CPU-load and volume is shown on the top-panel.
Tooltips are shown on the top-panel.
Lower latency for the sound-card drivers.
More responsive GUI with 120 Hz refresh-rate for smooth knob movements.

Fixes:

The check-mark for the patch selector was missing in some hosts after closing and opening the GUI.
Fixed some GUI glitches in the browser which could appear if very long names are used.
Fixed the Y-coordinates of the texts on Mac.
Fixed a rarely appearing crash on the Mac that could happen when the plugin was deleted while a tooltip was shown.
Fixed a rarely appearing problem when envelope-parameters were not updated correctly.
Fixed an unlikely crash on the Mac which happened if the plugin was closed immediately after opening the browser.
Fixed a bug in the fast-sine-approximation on PC.
Fixed a bug with list-selectors on Mac 64-bit.
Updated some deprecated links.

Changes:

32-bit on Mac is not longer supported. If you still use it, install RayBlaster 2.5 instead.
MacOS 10.7 is the minimum requirement now. If you use 10.6 or 10.5, install RayBlaster 2.5 instead.



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